kotaku.com: Well, someone had to go first. As far as history will be concerned, Nintendo did one thing and one thing only in 2012: they released a brand new console, putting the first of three nails into the coffin of a seven year old generation. That sounded weird. Whether they have Leeroy Jenkins-ed their way into the next generation with Wii U remains to be seen, but for now we have something shiny and new. And boy do we like shiny.
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
Hanzla from eXputer inquires: "If Xbox can care about preserving its games and legacy, what exactly is wrong with Nintendo, trying to kill game preservation single-handedly?"
Ahh yes the good old game preservation of saving all your games to a removable hhd on the Xbox 360, taking it round your mates house, setting up multiple tvs to
Be met with “save data corrupted, please re download”
Or how about removing 360 games
From the store
, download them now or else, and, better hope to god that save data doesn’t corrupt, or it’s lost for ever
Nice one ☝️
This is just a scammy PR move to distract from the fact they are going digital only and trying to push streaming and subscriptions only.
No gaming company has pushed harder to remove ownership than Microsoft.
Without discs there is no preservation, preservation can't be done by the rights holders it can only be done by the consumers, anything else is a lie.
Nobody wants this. Sales or the lack of it in the case of XBOX is very telling. I wonder how the adorably all digital series X will fare. Adorably dismal perhaps?
Only time will tell, but for from someone like me suspecting that Xbox is trying to gracefully exit the console market, that "forward compatibility" team is trying to get Xbox games playing on Windows PCs. I mean, it's nice that they're not planning on exiting with a "enjoy your games while the hardware still works" message, so that's nice. They still have a brand to protect via Microsoft so probably feel obligated to have a better exit strategy.
Danish from eXputer: "Nintendo has historically gone against player-made content and emulation of its games. This has done much to harm the company's image."
They need to stop announcing these mods and fan remakes until they're finished. Finish it, upload it, and then if Nintendo dmca's it tough shit. Once it's online, people can share it around, even if the original download gets taken down.
This is all coming from the mouth of short-sighted fandom and grifting madness.
No.... it wont. There is a clear defined reason why they don't. This is nothing new. Make your own shi7 from your own original ideas especially if you are trying to capitalize of it it. Duh.
Yeah, hire people that have zero respect or understanding for an established process. Wow. Yep. Totally makes sense.
"Whether they have Leeroy Jenkins-ed their way into the next generation with Wii U remains to be seen..."
What an awesomely hilarious way to look at it :D
Dumbest
1. Releasing on a Saturday with GameStop not doing a mid-night launch supposedly because they ran over on payroll hours because of so many midnight releases in November... or whatever reason
2. No Nintendo Network trophy/achievement system.
3. Not allowing Wii and Virtual Console games to be played from the Wii U interface. Really, that sucks.
Smartest
1. Making the deluxe Wii U package with all the extras.
2. Nintendo Land: The game is brilliant and has something for everyone core and casual.
3. Deluxe Digital Promotion: Seems pretty cool so far.
4. Miiverse: While I expect more from it in the future like Facebook integration, it really is a brilliant social application.
The recent over-saturation of Mario really can't be denied, though I wouldn't count Paper Mario as a "Mario" game for this purpose as the game play is completely different.
Smartest: Releasing Xenoblade in North America.
Dumbest: Taking almost two fucking years to release Xenoblade in North America.
Seriously, play Xenoblade, you owe it to yourself.